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The Pistons are considering several candidates for president of basketball operations, including Tim Connelly, Trajan Langdon, Dennis Lindsey, and Marc Eversley.

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The Detroit Pistons are expected to finalize their decision on the president of basketball operations in the coming weeks, as reported by Shams Charania and James L. Edwards III of The Athletic.

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As part of the hold-up, The Athletic reports that Detroit appears interested in making a run at Minnesota Timberwolves head executive Tim Connelly. The latter is in the midst of the playoffs with the Timberwolves, facing his former team, the Denver Nuggets.

The Pistons hit a snag when their request to interview Jon Horst of the Milwaukee Bucks was denied, per the same report. Speculation suggests the Bucks might have been angling for assets from Detroit, as Horst remains under a multi-year deal with Milwaukee signed in 2021. Nonetheless, the Pistons have opted to explore other options.

Candidates like Trajan Langdon from the New Orleans Pelicans, Dennis Lindsey from the Dallas Mavericks, and Marc Eversley from the Chicago Bulls are among those being considered, according to The Athletic.

Connelly was Denver's general manager from 2013 until May 2022, when he was hired as Minnesota's president of basketball operations. He drafted three-time MVP Nikola Jokic with the 41st pick in the 2014 NBA Draft.

Detroit had the worst NBA record in the 2023-24 regular season, finishing with 14 wins in 82 games.

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